Chloe I gaped at him, astonished at his blatant cockiness. “You asshole.” Adrian grinned at that and got to his feet before I say could say anything else. “Come with me, we need to talk.” I frowned. “If this is about taking your hand on the arrangement from before, my answer remains unchanged, so don’t bother.” The Alpha glanced down at me, his expression was unreadable, and after a while he shrugged a shoulder soundlessly; it was an order to follow him, whether I wanted to or not. So with a sigh I had to bite back, I got up to stand, shivering at the chill of the tiles against the soles of my bare feet. Adrian began to walk forward, and I rushed to follow him. He led me down dark empty passages with hardly any lightening and I followed quietly behind until we reached a flight of sta

